Metal mania on tap this weekend

It's San Antonio and it's a fact: There's no such thing as too much metal. If Monday's A Day to Remember/Underoath show at Backstage Live isn't enough, here's more hard-edged music:

San Antonio Express-News

Published 3:43 pm, Wednesday, November 17, 2010

It's San Antonio and it's a fact: There's no such thing as too much metal. If Monday's A Day to Remember/Underoath show at Backstage Live isn't enough, here's more hard-edged music:

Oceano Friday, White Rabbit: In a contest for the most frightening voice in metal, don't bet against Adam Warren's industrial-strength pipes. Warren fronts Oceano, the hard-touring, harder-edged Chicago deathcore band that mixes speed-metal riffs with sludge guitars and songs such as "Weaponized," "Disgust for Your Kind" and "Precursor to Enslavement" to assault eardrums and sensibilities. The band is touring with its "Contagion" (Earache Records) CD on the Contagion Across the Nation tour. With Chelsea Grin, Attila, In the Midst of Lions and Monsters. Doors at 7 p.m.

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The Misfits Saturday, White Rabbit: Oceano's Adam Warren makes the Misfits' Jerry Only sound like an opera singer. But bassist/singer Only and his crew, Dez Cadena (guitar) and Robo (drums), have history, the eternal rock fascination with horror and Halloween and a classic punk/metal/hardcore/ near-psychobilly sound on their side. Not really metal, but always sharp-edged, loud and driving, the long-running Misfits, formed in New Jersey more than 30 years ago, have overcome lineup changes and ensuing legal battles with former Misfit Glenn Danzig to keep that ghostly skull logo front, center and rocking. With Juicehead, Saturday Nite Shockers and So Unloved. Doors at 7 p.m.

Atreyu Tuesday, Backstage Live: Not to be outdone, Atreyu, from Southern California, is still storming the road with its late-'09 release "Congregation of the Damned" (Hollywood). Singer Alex Varkatzas can howl and growl with the best of the metal screamers, but Atreyu also brings melody to the metalcore, not enough melody to scare off the headbangers, but enough to give songs such as "Gallows" heavy texture. Pay attention to Brighton, England-based Architects UK. The band returns to the U.S.A. to preview songs from a new CD, "The Here and Now," slated for release early next year. With blessthefall, Chiodos, Architects UK and Endless Hallway. Doors at 6 p.m.